Show FIND SOCIETIES IN GIRLS Immigration Agents Discover Shocking Facts in White Slave Traffic DECOYED BY FALSE STORIES Victims Are Chiefly Natives of ol Belgium Belgium and and France F rancel Some From Germany W Washington S Sept pt i The 4 Tl o campaign cam cam- which the Ule immigration authorIties authorities author author- lUes aro are wa waging in against the white slave evil has hai turned u up some astonishIng astonishing astonishing as as- and antl revolting facts The rue special agents engaged in this work havo have discovered the tire existence ot of a a. society with headquarters in several se large Jarge European cities citie the he object of which Is 15 to lo procure young oung girls and send them to tho the United States to lead leall Immoral lives li Under Uner tho amended Immigration laws the authorities have a n weapon with which they can make an e against tho the ringleaders ring In this debasing commerce Prior to the re recent recent re- re cent amendment to the thc Immigration law it was 33 as necessary for nr the authorities ties Ies to lo prove e that alien white staves slaves were held in restraint contrary to t- their heir will viiI before an offense could be ue c established Now it i is Ii merely necessary Ear sary to prove pro that women have e been cen brought rought into tho ho country for country for immoral immor Immor- al LI purposes pose when the culprit Is Bahe liable lia Ua- ble he to a flue fine of ot Or Cr Imprison Imprisonment ment tient for 01 five years Imprison Imprison-I. I The of orr s under f this law lia has has- been placed In the time hands of l Braun of ot New York who I for foz ai mummy many years ClUS has hns served ser in the capacity ca ca- ca- ca of ot agent investigating I various phases of ot Immigration J admin admin- n J a uncO Q I ot t hi j jo o 11 t aU i u lt d Alread n c. c oC ot of n d t n r have hn- secUred in New Nei york C LIa LI- LI cage cago a o and San Francl Francisco o It II la Is proposed proposed pro pro- posed to push all thc these e ca cares cafes es and sc- sc c c- c I II cure tho the maximum penalty wherever I possible I Can Con Deport Them Them The rho law a w provides for the tho deportation tion Uon ot or such women J If discovered within a a. period of or three years ears u. u after tel their arrival rival here Tho rho government so leco recognizes as aR the real offenders against the law th the men who by uy the misfortune of tho the women Assistant Secretary of ot Commerce Wheeler 9 that it has hae been found oun 1 that an organized society exists In l France and Belgium for the purpose of or young girls and sending them to various large rac clUes cities chiefly in the United States to lea lead lives of 1 shame abamo Tho victims are chiefly chIcH natives natives na na- na- na tives tIes of Belgium and France with some somo gathered in Germany German In nearly ever every case the they are arc l led lad to put themselves them them- selves sel into the Imn hands s of or the vice vice- promoters through lIon tion 11 0 fl Our flOur Inquiries show ahem said Mr i Wheeler heeler that the called so-called white slaves are In induced to come como to America Ameri Amen ca en through h stonIe wholly false and amI misleading Usually the they are arc tol told 1 that the they will BJ secure good positions as ns maids companions or house hoube serI servants ser ser- I ants at fanc fancy wages Tile The fact that the law requires requires requires' the deportation of ot women brought here hero for Cor improper purpose i somewhat interferes 8 with tIme tho frequently expressed Int intention of I victims to reform A girl sent back to Germany for fOl In Instance with the brand blan of the United States Uon tion upon upon her would at once come conic t to the attention of tho German police and from that flInt time timo on she would be under surveillance eur Mr Wheeler Jcl tells of the case of or a a. aGerman aGerman German girl who is detained at San as a t. t witness against a Belgian under indictment there thoro on ona ona ona a chor charge e of violating the tho immigration thou tion laws This girl has e. e expressed an apparently apparently ent sincere desire to reform but says this will be bo Impossible If It she Is deported Mr 11 Wheeler r has arranged for the thc girl to bo ho taken care IC of or by the women In charge of ot the Beulah Hc Rescue cuo home in In San Francisco after tho the eso IIO against her hel procurer has been concluded If her reformation should turn out to bo be a ruse Rh sho shi will wili b be bo liable to deportation any time timo within t three years |